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  • Nelson McCartney

    1960s

    Nelson McCartney, Harold McCartney, and Harold's grandson (Harold)

    – BSc'15; Meds'60

    Fall 2021

    This photograph of Nelson McCartney,  BSc'15, likely in senior high school in the early 1900s, was taken looking northeast across the intersection of University Avenue and Johnson Street with what was Nesbitt’s grocery store on the first floor in the background. The scene is unchanged, with the exception that the grocery store is now a sushi restaurant. Nelson went on to enter mining engineering at Queen’s. His son, Harold McCartney, Meds'60, is also known as Mac to his family and friends is also a Queen’s graduate. Harold’s grandson (Harold), has just entered his first year at Queen’s.

  • 1960s

    John Bonn, Bruce Engel, Bob Taite, and Jim Brennan

    – Meds'67, Law'90; Meds'67; Meds'67; Meds'67, MSc'72

    Fall 2021

    John Bonn, Meds'67, Law'90, Bruce Enge, Meds'67, Bob Taite, Meds'67, and Jim Brennan, Meds'67, MSc'72, four of the original members of Meds’67, would like to share that they remain friends after first meeting 60 years ago during Frosh Week in Sept 1961. They got together last month for a game of golf and are looking forward to their 55th class reunion in the fall of 2022.

  • 1950s

    Joseph Bradley

    – Sc'58, MSc'64

    Fall 2021

    Joseph feels older by the day after graduating but would like to announce that every year, week, and day have been more interesting than the last. He’s happy to report that things and events fill his life to the brim, which is why he hardly has time for the internet. By the way, he finds it is getting more invasive of the good life each day.

  • 2010s

    Emily Townshend

    – Artsci'19

    Summer 2021

    Queen’s student constable from 2015–2019, she was awarded the Commandant’s Coin by Commissionaires Hamilton in January for her quick response and calmness during a coworker’s medical emergency.

  • 2010s

    Digvijay Mehra and Zahin Hussain

    – Artsci'14, Artsci'16

    Summer 2021

    Digvijay and Zahin married on April Fool’s Day, 2021. They met while they were at Queen’s, kept in touch and started dating in 2020 when Zahin moved back to Canada after working overseas in Vietnam, the Philippines, and South Korea. Both Digvijay and Zahin were very involved in the Queen’s community and held executive
    positions in the Queen’s South Asian Association. Digvijay has recently been appointed as the Government of Ontario’s representative in India, leading the Ontario Trade and Investment Offices. They will be moving to India in the fall.

  • 2010s

    Kyle Scott Hunter

    – Artsci'16

    Summer 2021

    Kyle graduated this year from the TRU School of Law at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with his Juris Doctor of Laws.